Child porn accused judge punched in pub row

CIRCUIT Court Judge Brian Curtin, who has been charged with possessing child pornography, was assaulted in a pub over Christmas.

The 52-year-old was punched in the face during a row in the Greyhound Bar in Tralee, Co Kerry and sustained cuts to his nose.

The incident occurred in the bar on Rock Street on December 28. A woman sitting at a nearby table when the judge was assaulted is believed to have suffered a fractured leg in the resulting mêlée.